The 2021 Project List

Each and every year, I like to keep a list of projects that I would like to work on.

For one, it helps me keep track of progress, but also keeps thoughts aligned and is a nice dumping ground for the wild hair projects I get when I often can’t sleep.

Complete

  • 3D Print scraper blade radius gage
  • Higher magnification telescope eyepiece
  • Print Table of Walker-Turner Belt Speeds
  • Organize after moving
  • Dumore toolpost grinder wheel guard
  • Cut Knurling tool
  • Pin Spanner for ER lathe chuck
  • Wiring drill press motor magnetic starter
  • Deckel S0 refurbishment
  • Lathe Drawbar for 3MT collet
  • Spot welded cross brace hinge demo
  • Three more grinding arbors
  • Drill press head support clamp
  • Cut knurling tool improvements
  • DataPrecision 3500 repair
  • Di Acro slip roll clean and inspection
    • Investigate di acro slip roll bearing wear
    • Fix Di Acro Slip Roll Wear
  • Conversion of office desk to test lab
  • Peltier cell experiments
  • Finish garage move
  • Fix shop lights
  • Drill press spindle bearing inspection
  • Secure tools to tables
  • New drill press belt tensioner with bearings
  • Steel surface plate cover out of three u-shaped pieces
  • Thin scraper in shaper
  • Finish Spot Welder
    • Finalize Electrodes
    • Spot welder replace board and diagnose
    • Spot welder troubleshoot flyback
  • Lathe wiring box (mount under lathe!)
  • Keyhole punch template experiments
  • 3D printed stands for spot/center/countersink drills
  • Nixie clock
  • Material rack
  • HF bandsaw
  • Copper jaws for Stanley vise
  • New jaws for Heinrich 3” vise
  • Desktop binding posts
  • 3d print micrometer keys
  • Holes in Deckel wheel arbors for 8-32 screws
  • Brown and Sharp spindle clamp
  • 3D print Tapmatic stop arm
  • 3D print di acro bender radial stops
  • Jacobs 6a chuck rebuild
  • Paint other Deckel S0 parts
  • Tap guide
  • 3D Print Lathe spider
  • Brass Punches
  • Drill press bearings
  • New surface plate (woodcraft?)
  • 8” Dobsinion Telescope
  • Replace logan cross slide nut
  • Lapping/scraping Drill press table
  • Gage Block Inspection
  • SOX light
  • BK Precision 282 repair and sell
  • Scrape drill press table flat

Cancelled

  • 3D print telescope objective extenders
    • Measure travel, print for that
  • Reflow oven https://www.whizoo.com/reflowoven
    • Need 6”x9” capacity for spot welder
  • Electronics
    • Current sources
  • https://www.mcmaster.com/1959T971/ for storing components in rolex file
  • Section Saw reskin